Band People: Life and Work in Popular Music by Franz Nicolay Hardcover Book

Description: Band People by Franz Nicolay A close look at the lives of working musicians who arent the center of their stage. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A close look at the lives of working musicians who arent the center of their stage. Secret (and not-so-secret) weapons, side-of-the-stagers, rhythm and horn sections, backup singers, accompanists—these and other "band people" are the anonymous but irreplaceable character actors of popular music. Through interviews and incisive cultural critique, writer and musician Franz Nicolay provides a portrait of the musical middle class. Artists talk frankly about their careers and attitudes toward their craft, work environment, and group dynamics, and shed light on how support musicians make sense of the weird combination of friend group, gang, small business consortium, long-term creative collaboration, and chosen family that constitutes a band. Is it more important to be a good hang or a virtuoso player? Do bands work best as democracies or autocracies? How do musicians with children balance their personal and professional lives? How much money is too little? And how does it feel to play on hundreds of records, with none released under your name? In exploring these and other questions, Band People gives voice to those who collaborate to create and dissects what it means to be a laborer in the culture industry. Author Biography Franz Nicolay is a writer, musician, and faculty member in music and written arts at Bard College. In addition to records under his own name, he has been a member of World/Inferno Friendship Society and the Hold Steady. He is the author of The Humorless Ladies of Border Control: Touring the Punk Underground from Belgrade to Ulaanbaatar and the novel Someone Should Pay for Your Pain. Table of Contents Introduction 1. Training and Early Goals 2. "Plays Well with Others": The Social Lives of Bands 3. The Work of Band People 4. The Family Business: Musicians with Children 5. The Artist and The Artisan: Money and Credit 6. Going Bad 7. Peers and Ambitions Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography List of Interviews Index Review [Nicolays] original research...makes for fun reading...and goes deep on a neglected population of musicians...A lively...peek at the artistry at the edge of the stage. * Kirkus *A perceptive portrait…Taken as a whole, these profiles succeed in complicating the lone genius narrative of artistic creation and raising provocative questions about how society values the production of music. Its a captivating look at what it means to occupy the complicated space between a career and a calling. * Publishers Weekly *Riveting…The books research and testimonials reinforce one another to great effect. * Foreword Reviews *In [Nicolays] book, the clichés of rock n roll have refreshingly taken a back seat to the struggles of talented freelance professionals in a competitive business...The choice to keep the focus on a smaller segment of the musicians allows his story to delve deeper into a particular subculture of musicians as opposed to getting lost in the wide range of books Band People could be. * Rock and Roll Globe *[Band People is] a candid look at the lives of musicians who dont spend as much time in the spotlight—all conveyed with a virtuosos touch. * Inside Hook *[Band People] reads like a thoughtful fusion of business textbooks, oral history, and heartfelt documentary, but without the glossy schmaltz or soft-focus lens...I thoroughly enjoyed the book...[which] serves as the craft-centric inverse of well-known mythologies like Our Band Could Be Your Life. * Bearded Gentlemen Music *By illustrating other peoples successes in creative relationships, [Band People] allowed me to better understand and articulate my own similar successes. * Boing Boing * Details ISBN1477323538 Author Franz Nicolay Pages 296 Publisher University of Texas Press Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781477323533 Format Hardcover Imprint University of Texas Press Subtitle Life and Work in Popular Music Audience General Series American Music Series Place of Publication Austin, TX Country of Publication United States ISBN-10 1477323538 DEWEY 780.92 Publication Date 2024-09-10 US Release Date 2024-09-10 UK Release Date 2024-09-10 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161866851;

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